Raw Materials [Import]

1. Knowledge Of Self

2. Havin A Laff

3. What I Like

4. Cobblestones

5. Dedication

6. I Love My Life

7. Style (Nextmen Remix)

8. I Hate Da Jiggy

9. Fake Mc's

10. Wisdom Fall

11. Reality

12. Dungeon Town

Raw Materials,Various Artists,Stonegroove

Average customer rating: title something of a misnomer Fabulous Collaboration... Absolutely beguiling. . .

Raw Materials Vijay Iyer , and Rudresh Mahanthappa Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Codebook Reimagining Mother Tongue Play Artist in Residence ASIN: B000F8OIM8 Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

1. Shape of Things
2. All the Names
3. Forgotten System
4. Remembrance
5. Frontlash
6. Five Fingers Make A Fist
7. Inside the Machine
8. Stronger Than Itself
9. Come Back
10. Fly Higher
11. Common Ground
12. Rataplan
13. Hope

Album Description

They've been preforming together for a decade in various groups. Now for the first time, jazz visionaries Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa have distilled their closely entwined musical language into their first duo recording, called Raw Materials the name under which they tour as a duo.

Customer Reviews:

title something of a misnomer.......2006-12-10

With a name like "Raw Materials", and an instrumentation of piano and alto sax, you might think the CD has the raw materials for songs, but it isn't formed into a whole. That's not the case. Vijay Ayer on piano has a full style - he plays a lot of notes, and Rudresh Manthappa is no minimalist either. Unfortunately, what it does miss is a certain amount of blues and swing. "Fly Higher" might have the most swing, many other songs have a lot of straight eighth notes. Although Vijay and Rudresh give the songs their all, after a while the technicality gets off-putting. In addition, there isn't enough variation from song to song. So, the CD can get a tiring. "All The Names" and "Forgotten System" are good songs, but their jarring, technical style starts to run together.

Fabulous Collaboration..........2006-08-12

I've been a fan of these gentlemen for some time, having loved Blood Sutra, Panoptic Modes, and Reimagining. But, I was rather worried that just piano and sax would be too bleak or awkward or disjointed, and would either offend my senses or be too obscure to relate to. Wrong! Very wrong. This is a very listenable work, and the two play together so well that the more ambitious sections still sound like a singlular statement. These guys use composition, harmony, tempo, and volume so well that the sound is almost orchestral at times. Sure, there are percussive assaults at times, and playfullness and humor too. But there is suptlety and interplay so nuanced and tight that it makes me smile, and there is fury, and there is repose. On this CD more than the others, I have really come to appreciate Rudresh as one of the finest sax players of our day; and Vijay has been on my list for a while.

As always, this type of music is not for everybody, but if you liked any of these musicians other works, treat yourself to this fine music.

Absolutely beguiling. . . .......2006-05-25

. . . much more so than one could have hoped for.

Sad to say, these things (piano/sax duos) often don't work. One thinks of, e.g., the famous Shorter/Hancock flop, 1 + 1; or, again, the Lovano/Rubalcaba disappointment, Flying Colors. The first is too cerebral, the second too meanderingly boppish.

Not here. It probably helps that these two guys have been playing together for more than a decade, and that when they were first introduced by Steve Coleman they immediately connected and began making remarkable music together. There are several previous discs documenting their telepathy (Black Water, Mother Tongue, Blood Sutra, and Reimagining), but this one situates them at the apex of modern jazz players.

I am frankly astounded at how both listenable and edgy this disc is. I expected the edginess, but not the listenability. This disc fairly reeks of hugely accessible, beautifully melodic modern jazz, often set within a kind of neo-East Indian aesthetic. Really, tune after tune exudes music of the absolute highest caliber.

The whole disc is remarkable, but highlights include "The Shape of Things," a balladic number that brilliantly sets the tone for the rest of the proceedings with its oriental modal feel, "All the Names," a kind of kaleidoscopic number with a very attractive Iyer vamp and some righteous Mahanthappa blowing, "Remembrance," a hugely evocative ballad, "Frontlash," with its angular grace, "Come Back," a plaintive call for reconciliation, one supposes, "Fly Higher," bursting with fresh and searching sensibilities, "Common Ground," a kind of instrumental plea for understanding across seemingly uncrossable abysses, "Rataplan," a frankly anthemic declamation, and "Hope," a yearning, plaintive ballad of grand and glorious feeling.

With Raw Materials, Iyer and Mahanthappa have accomplished the near impossible: they've made music of both intense feeling and cutting-edge brilliance, all within the confines of the rather severely limiting piano/sax duo.

Check it out to experience the heights of modern jazz.

Average customer rating:

Joints from the UK Hip-Hop Underground Raw Materials Manufacturer: Stonegroove ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000042O2Q Release Date: 2000-01-31

Tracks:

1. Knowledge of Self - The Planets
2. Havin' a Laff - Haych
3. What I Like - Lost Island
4. Cobblestones - Braintax
5. Dedication - Rodney P., , , Skitz
6. I Love My Life (Keep Moving) - Funky DL
7. Style [Nextmen Remix] - London Posse
8. I Hate da Jiggy - Apollo
9. Fake MC's - Natty & Dwella
10. Wisdom Fall - Roots Manuva
11. Reality - A.J., Blackanized
12. Dungeon Town - The Brotherhood

Average customer rating: Hot jointsfrom the uk hip hop undergroud.

Raw Materials V.2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Stonegroove ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004Y9SZ Release Date: 2000-09-25

Tracks:

1. Call To Arms (Exclusive)
2. I'll Try (Exclusive)
3. One Plan (Exclusive)
4. Music From The Corner (Exclusive)
5. As The World Turns (Exclusive)
6. Follow The Crowd
7. Get On Down (Exclusive)
8. Ashes To Ashes (Exclusive)
9. Exodust (Exclusive)
10. Last Days (Exclusive)
11. Other Side Of The Mountain
12. New Beginning

Album Details

Hip Hop: 12 Quality Homegrown Tracks Showcasing Some of the Finest Examples of the Burgeoning UK Hip Hop Scene Including: Last Men Standing, Task Force, Planets, Lee Ramsey, Braintax, Krispy, etc.

Customer Reviews:

Hot jointsfrom the uk hip hop undergroud........2001-11-10

Nothing but the biggest english hiphop out today. With the hottest song ever to come out britian. It has the best uk mc ever. With hard hits from Karl hinds slanging the don gramma. To learn any thing from uk hiphop u need to hear last men standing with help from 360 physicals call to arm, a must hear. Also i can't forget the other sher class of this album with heavy jointd from the nextmen, taskforce, the plants and more great tunes. Go buy this album, if you are true uk hiphop fan.

Average customer rating: Nice!

Joints from the UK Hip-Hop Underground Raw Materials Manufacturer: Stonegroove ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004L8B8 Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

1. Knowledge of Self - The Planets
2. Havin' a Laff - Haych
3. What I Like - Lost Island
4. Cobblestones - Braintax
5. Dedication - Rodney P., , , Skitz
6. I Love My Life (Keep Moving) - Funky DL
7. Style [Nextmen Remix] - London Posse
8. I Hate da Jiggy - Apollo
9. Fake MC's - Natty & Dwella
10. Wisdom Fall - Roots Manuva
11. Reality - A.J., Blackanized
12. Dungeon Town - The Brotherhood

Customer Reviews:

Nice!.......2000-12-23

a nice compilation showcasing dope hip hop groups from the UK, wicked tracks by Roots Manuva and The Planets!

Average customer rating: Sax Cello Percussion- That's right!

Raw Materials and Residuals Julius Hemphill Big Band Manufacturer: Black Saint ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000010VR Release Date: 1993-09-07

Tracks:

1. C
2. Mirrors
3. Long Rhythm
4. Plateau
5. G Song

Customer Reviews:

Sax Cello Percussion- That's right!.......2000-01-07

The unusal instrumentation makes for some unique sounds. The playing is great on this free session. Wadud's cello makes any cd worth having. The only reservation would be the lack of strong compositions one usually associates with Hemphill.

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